I have a very dear friend who carries on a wonderful love
affair with Guinness. She really does
love it! So, when I saw some recipes for Chocolate Guinness Cake – I immediately
thought of her and suggested I make it for dessert the night she came over for
dinner. She agreed immediately…
Shocker! LOL… and it was a HUGE hit. I combined a couple of recipes for this version which is really decadent and delicious. I like that the cake is not overly sweet –
but has a fantastically full chocolate flavor – and the cream cheese frosting makes
up for the less sweet cake. A perfect
combination!
Ingredients:
1 cup Guinness
10 tablespoons unsalted butter
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
1 1/2 cups sugar
3/4 cup sour cream
2 eggs
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350°F.
In a large saucepan place the beer and butter. Cook over medium-high heat until the butter has melted. Add the cocoa powder and sugar and whisk together. Take off heat and allow to come to room temperature.
In a large saucepan place the beer and butter. Cook over medium-high heat until the butter has melted. Add the cocoa powder and sugar and whisk together. Take off heat and allow to come to room temperature.
Sift the flour, salt and baking soda
into a large mixing bowl and mix together well. Pour in the
Guinness/cocoa/butter mixture, lightly combine, add the vanilla, eggs and sour
cream and beat everything together until well combined. The batter should be
thick and dark chocolate in color.
Pour into a greased and lined 10″
angel food pan (or another straight-sided tube pan) and cook in the oven for 1
hour to 1 hour 15 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean from the center of
the cake.
*Note: This cake is very moist inside,
so use your judgment regarding the skewer test. Do not leave in the oven until
the cake has totally dried out — cook long enough so there is no uncooked cake
on the skewer but there may be a few moist crumbs sticking to it after an hour
of cooking. You should start checking for doneness at least 15 minutes
early.
Spread frosting on the cooled cake and
serve.
Cream Cheese Frosting:
1 1/3 cup cream cheese
1 ½ cup powdered sugar, sifted
2/3 cup heavy cream, whipped
Place the cream cheese
into the bowl of a mixer and beat on a low-medium speed using a whisk
attachment. Whisk until the cheese is smooth and there are no big lumps
remaining.
Gradually, using a large
spoon, add in the sifted powdered sugar and beat gently to combine. After 2 to
3 minutes, stop the machine, scrape any excess frosting from the sides of the
bowl and beat on medium speed until lump free.
Remove bowl from mixer
and gently fold in the whipped cream, mixing to fully combine.
Place cooled cake on a
cake stand and add the frosting, spreading out just to the edge without going
over the side (never go over the sides of the cake) until the cake resembles a
pint of Guinness! The idea is to capture the essence and simplicity of a
perfect pint!
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